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Mesopotamia : Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods
Jean Bottero
Paperback - $49.95
Our ancestors, the Mesopotamians, invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the world. In this collection of essays, the French scholar Jean Bottero attempts to go back to the moment which marks the very beginning of history.
To give t ...
A Usable Past : Essays in European Cultural History
William James Bouwsma
Paperback - $59.95
"Together the articles form a substantial book which traces the antecedents, characteristics and impact of Renaissance thought and action 'beyond all schools, ' with that combination of scholarly precision and personal style which has made Bouwsma on ...
Property and Progress : The Historical Origins and Social Foundations of Self-Sustaining Growth
Robert Brenner
Hardcover - $57.95
Our Selves/Our Past : Psychological Approaches to American History
Robert J. Brugger
Paperback - $65.95
More concerned than ever with questions of theory and method in their work, contemporary historians find themselves turning to other disciplines for the ideas that help them piece together the puzzle of the past. Among these interdisciplinary approac ...
The Axemaker's Gift
James Lee Burke
Paperback - $26.95
Historian James Burke and psychologist Robert Ornstein illustrate the spiraling impact from humankind's development of technology. Now, the authors argue, we need to learn how to shift human society back into harmony by understanding and respecting t ...
Desire of the Everlasting Hills : The World Before and After Jesus
Thomas Cahill
Hardcover - $39.95
"Cahill is insightful, wry, and highly entertaining as he explores the cultural influences, social expectations, and tricky politics of the day. He examines the New Testament in this light, yet remains respectful. His goal, he states early, is to asc ...
Desire of the Everlasting Hills : The World Before and After Jesus
Thomas Cahill
Paperback - $24.95
From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the Jews, his most compelling historical narrative yet.
How did an obscure rabbi from a backwater of the Roman Empire come to be the central figure in Western Civili ...
A Perfect Harmony : The Intertwining Lives of Animals and Humans Throughout History
Roger A. Caras
Paperback - $44.95
A history of animals throughout the ages. The author explains how animals have played a vital role in humankind's evolutionary course, aiming to enhance the reader's perception of history, the human species, and the sentient creatures with whom we sh ...
Horse : How the Horse Has Shaped Civilizations
J. Edward Chamberlin
Hardcover - $39.95
Drawing on archaeology, biology, art, literature, and ethnography, this singular study illuminates the relationship between horse and human throughout history. From the Ice Age to the post-industrial age, horses have provided sustenance, transportati ...